We had a quickie with Troye Sivan and Caspar Lee from the new Spud movie

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We sat down with Troye Sivan, the young star of Spud 2: The Madness Continues, author John van de Ruit and producer Ross Garland about the making of the highly anticipated new movie. Spud 2: The Madness Continues opens in SA cinemas on 21 June.

Cape Town – The much anticipated third installment of the pop culture hit Spud hits South African cinemas later this month.

In Spud 3 Learning to Fly the crazy 8 are back.

This time around John ‘Spud’ Milton deals with his embarrassing parents, constantly wrestle with his crazy mates and deals with all the pitfalls of that uncomfortable adolescent stage.

The film stars international YouTube sensations Troye Sivan and Casper Lee.

We got to chat with these rising stars who both have South African ties!

Troye filled us in about the new movie and living in the spotlight!

Channel24:What will Spud and the rest of the Crazy 8 get up to this time?

Troye:This film is such a big moment for Spud and the Crazy 8. Spud receives his army call up papers, and the school is threatening to take his scholarship away if he doesn’t behave. He’s also pretty keen to lose the ‘Big V’ with Mermaid, but she tells him she’s saving herself for marriage, and at some point gets with a suspiciously old looking man from her church. It’s full of everything we’ve grown to love about the Spud movies, tension, girls, plenty of mischief, and more laughs than any of the other movies so far.

Channel24:You have so many things going for you now how do you maintain the balance and stay grounded?

Troye:Thanks so much for thinking I do! (Laughs) I think having a really good family, and team around me helps. I’ve always got my mom’s voice in my head telling me she’ll smack me if I get big headed.

Caspar:At first I felt like an outcast being new and all, as the cast had already formed relationships through the past two films, but that didn’t last long- everyone was really welcoming and provided guidance wherever they could. By the second week of filming I felt like a member of the Spud family.

Caspar:Garlic is a new classmate from Malawi. He is new to the "crazy 8". I would describe him as self-obsessed and quite eccentric. He comes from a rich family and is used to being the centre of attention, he finds difficulty adjusting to his new school at first, as he is no longer the centre of attention. He goes from being a big fish in a small pond to being a small fish in a big pond.

Channel24:You’re 20 now, what was it like being back at school and playing a teen?

Caspar:Well, when we filmed I was still 19, so I didn’t find it that difficult, it was actually really fun. I am not that mature anyway.

Channel24:How did you get the role of Garlic? Did you audition or did they discover you on YouTube?

Caspar:The producer, Ross Garland discovered me on YouTube and thought I would be good for the part. I still had to audition though. They took a chance on me and I am very grateful.

Channel24:What’s the inspiration for all your random funny YouTube videos?

Caspar:I get inspiration through my friends and life experiences, if I think something is funny I will try to include it in my videos. I always have the objective to make good, funny and interesting content.

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